Leonard John Fraser

No Conscience at All

Fraser told the psychiatrist that he would be happy if he never saw his brothers or sisters again and hated his father and mother. His main ambition was to become a member of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang.

In December, 1974, at the Sydney District Court, Leonard Fraser pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and two counts of attempted rape. The court psychiatrist's disturbing assessment was that Fraser was beyond help. "He has no conscience at all," the doctor warned. "He will use anyone and anything to his advantage without giving a lot of thought to other people's feelings. He has little or no impulse control. Apart from this there is no real psychiatric disability there is no known treatment for this type of psychopathic state."

With all of this in mind Justice Wootten sent Fraser to prison for the maximum of 22 years and — reluctantly — set the non-parole period at what the law demanded — seven years. "But I wish to make it clear in doing so that I am not in any way suggesting that you should be released at the end of the period," Justice Wootten added.

The happiest person in the court when the sentence was handed down was Fraser's mother, Daphne, who told the Sydney Morning Herald; "I have abandoned him as my son," she said. "I know it is a terrible thing to say, but I can rest when he is inside. I go to bed at night and when I hear news of an assault or robbery, I know it will not be Lenny."

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1. The Bad Seed
2. She Was Just About To Come Across
3. Rape of the French Tourist
4. No Conscience at All
5. Two Months for Aggravated Assault
6. Lenny the Loon
7. Sex with the Landlady's Dog
8. Murder of Keyra Steinhardt
9. Eye Witness to Rape
10. A Predator of the Worst Kind
11. Four More Victims?
12. Grim Discovery
13. Bled Her like an Animal
14. A Sensational Turn
15. Jailhouse Boasts
16. Caught on Tape
17. Mr. Squeaky
18. Press Release Trick Backfires